Reports to: Manager of Projects Unit Location: In Office Orange, CT
The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from: $111,000 -139,431
Job Summary:
Scope of Work - Main duties, settings, geography, reporting relationships, and other relationships:
The Project Manager is responsible for managing activities for the engineering and construction of smart grid projects/programs located in Maine, New York and Connecticut, by managing resource requirements, priorities, investment plans, project execution strategy and internal/external resource requirements. Projects may include energy storage, vehicle to grid, flexible interconnection and more).
The Project Manager is also responsible for Customer Funded Projects in Connecticut and possibly New York. They will be managing resource requirements, priorities, investment plans, project execution strategy and internal/external resource requirements. Customer Funded projects originate based on customer load increase, or developer interconnections with results of ISO-NE (and NYISO) studies that include utility modifications or upgrades.
Responsibility includes meeting corporate goals for deployment of smart technology solutions and execution of customer funded project. Must manage team performance to maximize the effectiveness of the program, and delivery programs or projects considering the environment, regulatory and customer requirements and operational needs.
As a project manager, responsibilities will include:
Represent the company in regulatory and public forums. Coordinate activities of project team members including engineers, construction managers, and external contractors.
Facilitate the work of external contractors and other internal business areas.
Hold contractors accountable for performance.
Hold project team members accountable for results.
Provide technical advice to senior management when required. Responsible for the overall project control and reporting, providing leadership and coordination of the scheduling, cost controlling and reporting processes and functions.
Ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within budget and in conformance to quality and engineering standards.
Major Roles and Responsibilities (Scope of work - range of responsibilities):
Define strategy for deployment of pilot projects or other smart grid initiatives or Customer Funded Projects
Interfacing with municipal stakeholders and local permitting agencies
Project management skills
Leadership skills
Document control
Participates in project team scheduling and budgetary planning processes
Works within the project unit, managing internal and external project resources. Sets unit goals and direction to align and undertakes action plans, program management to accomplish goals.
Oversees project budgets. Analyzes project unit performance and initiates actions to control scope, schedule and cost performance. Proactive approach to overseeing work measures progress and takes actions to ensure budgets and deadlines are achieved. Approves project plans, executes contract strategies to undertake work and controls and authorizes expenditures. Initiates actions to ensure compliance with a project management and quality management processes and procedures. Assures that projects are completed within the approved scope, schedule and budget
Coordinates with other departments, consultants, attorneys, utilities, regulatory agencies, government agencies, and major customers. May represent the company and testify in regulatory hearings or at Federal, State or local agency or municipal meetings.
Considers innovative ways to undertake work, promoting automation and efficiencies in day to day work streams
Provides recommendations on policies and goals desired and implements new/revised processes and procedures according to established guidelines
Responsible for the overall management and control of project unit budgets including O&M and Capital
Informs management and project teams regarding cost and schedule performance variances and corrective action required.
Responsible for ensuring the risk control system is utilized.
Continually monitors individual progress to insure meeting of specific deadlines.
Responsible for Project accountability overview, making sure that it complies with FERC, NERC and any other applicable regulation.
Attendance to Cost & Schedule Meetings
Works with Coordinator on the Risk definition, cost, and the Mitigation Action analysis.
Attendance to Executive management meetings, providing and presenting reports and cost-schedule-risk views as required.
Job Requirements:
Skills/Abilities:
Ability to mobilize team members to deliver projects on time and under budget.
Expert in integrating Scheduling IT tools and software: Primavera with costs and resource requirements.
Expert in risk management and mitigation plans.
Expert in utilizing MS Excel for data analysis, budgeting and planning and optimizing schedules.
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Public presentation skills and ability to summarize concepts utilizing Microsoft Project.
Results oriented.
Understanding of quality assurance processes and implement with project structure.
Knowledge of main configuration and general arrangements of networks (substations, overhead lines and cable) infrastructures.
Proven ability to lead teams and work in a team environment.
Team oriented.
Knowledge of distributed generation and energy storage trends - both from a technical and utility industry perspective.
Knowledge of main configuration and general arrangements of networks (substations, overhead lines and cable) infrastructures.
Supervision of field personnel and construction contractors
Thorough knowledge of fundamental engineering/economic principles and concepts.
Experience implementing or testing new technology or field trials with retail customers.
Proven ability to lead teams and work in a team environment
Team oriented
Experience/Training:
Experienced in contract negotiations and supplier management
Proven experience obtaining siting permits
Project Management Professional Certification
Required Education:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or relevant experience in the energy industry with 5 -7 years relevant project management or engineering experience
Engineering Degree Preferred
MBA Preferred
Competency Requirements:
It is preferred that for this job, the candidate fulfills the requirements in terms of levels indicated below.
1. Delivering for the Business:
• Global view of the Business - Advanced
• Achieving Results and continuous improvements - Advanced
• Initiative - Advanced
• Innovation & Creativity - Advanced
2. Global Relationships:
• Flexibility & Globalization - Competent
• Customer Focus - Advanced
• Communicating & Influencing - Advanced
• Teamwork - Advanced
3. Global Leadership:
• Team management - Advanced
• Developing Others - Advanced
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